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Welcome back. the bottom of the hour, the top headlines, two male homicide bombers disguised as women killing 41 people in northwest pakistan today. attacking a u.n. food distribution center. the u.n. will suspend refugee aid programs in that part of the country. >> space shuttle discovery on its way home. the seven astronauts completed upgrades to the international space station. just three more flights remain before the u.s. shuttle program ends. >> president obama having to cancel his trip to attend the funeral of the polish president killed in a plane crash last week. volcanic ash made tra...

Travelers, unsure when they'll get off the ground. laura ingle is live in our news room with more on this. >> hi. don't you hate those nail biting moments at the airport? there is way too many carriers to mention in one report, but if you have a flight on british airways today or tomorrow heading into or out of the u.k., for instance, you can forget it. the airline carrier posted news that all flights to the united kingdom will be counseled and it's not just the little people, president obama has had to cancel his trip to the funeral for the polish president tomorrow and french president, sark...

Engines to clog up and fail. no one wants to hear that. officials in iceland say volcanic ash will persist for at least 24 hours or more, which is also put an enormous strain on air straight business. ups and fed-ex reporting problems with flights. lack of hotel rooms where you're stuck and dwindling of cash, it is a nightmare for people. right now there are over 2 million airline passengers that have been affected by this volcanic eruption. >> it has been tough. i was in the office yesterday and again i had to postpone some calls and some plans. >> i think it's going to be a flight today and ...

$200 million a day out of this. nobody knows how you get it back because there is no insurance cover on that sort of thing. >> in the meantime, where is a nice gust of wind when you need one? that's the main problem here is that the winds are so calm that there really isn't anything to blow this ash away. >> it's not just calm, it's a question of the pressure. this high pressure as well. that's not moving it. when that icelandic volcano blew, the plume of the ash went 5 1/2 miles above the earth. it takes a long time for that to settle. you figure out the average airplane flies let's say aroun...

>> but let's start with president obama who had to cancel his plans today to attend the polish president's funeral as volcanic ash shuts down air travel over a large chunk of europe. the white house confirming air force one can't make the trip. the polish president and his wife died with 94 other people in a plane crash last weekend. president obama issuing this statement, saying, quote, i regret that i will not be able to make it to poland due to the ash that is disrupting air travel over europe. michelle and i continue to have the polish people in our thoughts and prayers and will support th...